Strategy (MSTR) Stock Buys Another $255M in Bitcoin — Now Holds Nearly 4% of All BTC

TLDR

• Strategy bought 3,273 BTC for ~$255 million at an average price of $77,906 per coin
• Total holdings now stand at 818,334 BTC, acquired for ~$61.81 billion at ~$75,537 average
• The purchase was funded through Strategy’s $21 billion Class A common stock ATM program
• Strategy now holds ~3.9% of Bitcoin’s total 21 million supply, ahead of BlackRock’s IBIT at ~802,823 BTC
• Bitcoin Yield year-to-date 2026 hit 9.6%, up from 9.5% the prior week

Strategy added another 3,273 Bitcoin to its treasury last week, spending roughly $255 million at an average of $77,906 per coin. The purchase was announced by executive chairman Michael Saylor on Monday via X.

Total holdings now sit at 818,334 BTC. The company acquired that stash for approximately $61.81 billion at a blended average of $75,537 per Bitcoin.

Saylor also reported that Strategy’s Bitcoin Yield — a proprietary metric tracking BTC accumulation relative to shareholder dilution — hit 9.6% year-to-date in 2026. That’s up from 9.5% the prior week.

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The deal was funded through the company’s $21 billion Class A common stock ATM program. Strategy sold 1.45 million shares of Class A stock to finance the buy. No preferred stock was issued during the April 20–26 window.

Strategy Now Ahead of BlackRock’s IBIT

With 818,334 BTC in the vault, Strategy controls roughly 3.9% of Bitcoin’s fixed 21 million supply cap. That puts it ahead of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, which holds approximately 802,823 BTC.

Strategy’s Bitcoin reserves also account for more than 60% of all Bitcoin held by publicly traded companies globally. Saylor has stated a long-term goal of accumulating between 5% and 7% of total Bitcoin supply — so there’s still a long runway ahead.

The company has built out substantial capital-raising capacity to support that goal. In March 2026, Strategy filed to establish dual $21 billion ATM programs for both MSTR common stock and STRC preferred stock, plus a $2.1 billion program for STRK preferred shares. That’s $42 billion in total firepower.

MSTR Stock Up 12.5% YTD But Down Nearly Half Over 12 Months

MSTR was trading at $172 at time of writing, up around 12.55% year-to-date in 2026. But zoom out a year and the picture is rougher — the stock is down roughly 47.5% to 51% over the trailing 12-month period.

The stock had a particularly tough stretch from July through December 2025. It fell 16.78% in August, 16.36% in October, and dropped 34.26% in November. Over five years though, MSTR has still returned around 134.9%.

Also worth watching: Strive, another corporate BTC buyer, disclosed on Monday that it purchased 789 BTC for $61.43 million at an average cost of $77,890 per Bitcoin. Strive’s total holdings now stand at 14,557 BTC, valued at nearly $1.13 billion as of April 24.

Saylor is scheduled to speak at The Bitcoin Conference this week.

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